Chips Changing Hands

Under the gun, Keith Lehr made the opening raise to 25,000. Action came around to the button, and Michiel Brummelhuis reraised to 80,000. Not to be outdone, J.C. Alvarado moved all in from the small blind, sticking the remainder stack into the middle of the table.

"Wow!" Lehr said instantly. He asked J.C. how much his all in was. It was exactly 200,000, and it had Lehr covered by just a few thousand. "Give me a sec. This is a big hand..." After several minutes of careful thought, he opted to lay it down. Brummelhuis had enough chips to call, and he was getting a huge price to do so.

"Oh my god," said Brummelhuis. "I hope my ace is live." First to show, Alvarado tabled {J-Spades}

. Brummelhuis' ace was indeed live as he turned over {A-Diamonds}

. Lehr was awestruck. "I had the best hand," he lamented. "I had queens."

The board wouldn't provide much of a sweat as it ran down clean for Alvarado: {9-Hearts}

. Brummelhuis takes his first major hit of this tournament, dropping to 420,000 and letting Alvarado sneak past him with his 435,000.

Tags: J.C. Alvarado Keith Lehr Michiel Brummelhuis